National Republican., 1887-07-06

any body ride away from his place. (IIear-
say evidence exciuded.) / know Robert
Turner; my father owned him; | have
rocked him in the cradle; knew him well
up to the time OF the war but have had
little intercourse with bin since then.
HE IS HIGH TEMPERED, ILL NATURED, AND
CROSS.
"He has plenty to say. He was about IS
when the war broke out. l have often
seen him fail In passlon.n
Cross examined by Mr.. Childs: 81 know
nothing at all personally in regard to Mr.
Todd's leavlngaDr. Readings. / knew
Turner before the war. Never heard OF
bis being liar. / know Of nothing per-
sonally against his reputation for truthful
ness.n
BY DR.. Sunderland: "Nor do know any
thing for It,"
Recess was taken from until O'Clock
for lunch.
Mrs. Georgiana Herndon was sworn aud
testified as follows: ~ am the wife OF Jno.
1Ierndon ana live near DR.. Readings. /
remember seeing a horseman leave DR..
Readings on Tuesday, May o. think it
was Mr.. Todd. My little girl had Just
come from Readings and said he was there.
II Is about 400 yards away, 1 paid no at,
$50. We had breakfast about 7 o'clock,
| After breakfast my little girl went down to
DR.. Readings and was gone about three
| quarters OF an hour She probably left our
| place ten or fifteen minutes after breakfast.
| am sure / saw him. am not o member
Of Mr.. Todd's church and am not u member
Of any church. spoke to Mr.. Todd this
morning for the first time in my life."
Cross-examIned "If | had been near
enough to the horseman would not have
known it was Mr.. Todd. did not notice
the horse or its size; did not look at the
clock when we had breakfast. My hus-
band left the house at about 9 o'clock;
there 10 cav mill across the run that has q
whistle which blows at o'clock. My
daughter left at about 7:20, and stayed
about threequarters of an hour. When
che returned home she said Mr.. Todd was
at DIR. Readings. The horsemau left about
five minutes before my husband went up &c
Readings. That would be about sos"
BY Mr.. Lyman: 81 would not know Mr.
Todd II met him on the street."
BY DR.. Sunderland: ~ did not see Mr.
Todd on the previous day."
The affidavit OF Mason Knox Hershay wat
introduced by the defense as confirmatory
OF the statements made by witnesses thai
Mr.. Todd was on the Nokesville road.
Mr.. Todd was recalled and said he had nc
remembrance Of ever seeing or knowing
Turner.
Page Anderson (colored), testified: "l
live at MIR. Meredith's; am his hired man
have been there two years. know Rober,
Turner and have known Mr.. Todd eight o.
nine years. l am married.; heard Turner
tell his story about
FINDING MIR. TODD IN THE WOODS.
don't know what day he told It; It was tn,
same week as the occurrence. heard hin
tell 1t at Nokesvlle to crowd. 1t was oil
| Saturday night, after dark. He said Il
/ ha md hat 4 Tn1l haI IA L.,
$40 be would not have said anything abou
1t. Turner never showed me the tree wher
the horse was hitched. / have often beef
In those woods, hauling timber. hitchet
my horses to tree there on Monday even
ing. The ground was damp and my horse
made tracks. was cutting wood. 1t wa
pretty heavy pulling for the team. wen
into the woods on June "a with DIR. Read
ing and Mr.. Round. They took me to tn
the horse was hitched to. 1t was blacl
oak branching tree Of middling size, abou
ten inches through the butt. examines
around the roots of the tree, but could fin,
no tracks. The tree to which my team wa
tied was about twenty steps from the othe
one. / identified the tracks Of my horses
Had conversation with Mr.. Hornbake
on June 10. He gave, m
l
fore he saw Round and to stick to his story
that he had plenty Of backing. On til
morning OF Tuesday Mr.. Fultz was work
ing at Mr.. Meredith's painting the front o
the house; he was there all morning. MI
Meredith has two or three watch dogs
They bark at everybody and one Of then
VIII bite II he gets chance. II any on
had passed that morning the Dogs woul
have barked. The yard fence Is right O
/ the road IL fe ahouf fay, ctnpe frnp. th
gate to the house.
On cross-examination he said that he ha
seen Turner on that morning, and he toll
him that II Mr.. Todd had given him $40 ht
would have said nothing about 1t. Their
were no tracks under the tree where Mr.
Todd was reported to be. lie would be
lieve Turner in some matters, !!
ing corroborated his wife's testmon'
as to the time Mr.. Todd left after havint
breakfast on the morning of the cath. III
was present when Turner's affidavit wa
taken. They went to the tree of whicl
Turner had spoken, but no hors
tracks were discernible under it. Tn
hoof of Mr.. Todd's horse did no
correspond with any tracks he had seen II
the vicinity. II the man laid as Turne
said he did, with his head lower than hi
feet, 1t was a position contrary to the bes
medical authority.
| Under the tree which Turner had pointe,
out there was no indication Of any one hav
ing lain down. The stick OF which some
thing had been said IN testimony NIGH
have been used as a support, but it woult
not have been comfortable position.
DR.. Chester, representing Informally tn
opinion Of the judicial committee. intro
duced resolution calling on the Presbyter,
to refuse TO consider this case any further
as the prosecution had failed to make goot
the charges.
On this there was much discussion, AM
DR.. Sunderland, as counsel for Mr.. Todd
protested against any such action as unfai
to his client The outcome was, that DR.
Chester withdrew his motion, and the tria
will proceed as usual.
Alto O'Clock, after closing prayer b,
DR.. Kelly, the Presbytery adjourned Il
meet to-day at 1918 In the New Yorl
Avenue Presbyterian Church.